Giovanni Giovannelli
Chairman
Engineering
Natura Cosméticos S.A.
Brazil
Biography
Mr. Giovanni Giovannelli serves as an Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Natura Cosmeticos SA. He is CEO of Pearson in Brazil, a company that operates in the Elementary Education system through Teaching Systems, in the franchised English courses and in the College Education with a catalogue of textbooks. Since 2012, Giovanni has been CEO of Grupo Multi, a company in the Language Franchise segment. With the full acquisition of Grupo Multi by Pearson in 2013, he was nominated CEO of Pearson in Brazil. He was also CEO of Allis from 2009 to 2012, a company operating in the HR Service and Sales Point Promotor area. Between 2006 and 2008, he was CEO of Terna Part., an electrical transmission company where he had worked since 2002, which he took public on the BOVESPA in October 2006. From 1996 to 2001, he worked as a Project Finance executive at the IDB in Washington. He graduated in Business and Economics from Universita Bocconi in Milan, with a Ph.D. in Finance and Business Economics from the American University in Washington and is currently a student in the Owner and President Management (OPM) Program at the Harvard Business School. Mr. Giovanni Giovannelli serves as an Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Natura Cosmeticos SA. He is CEO of Pearson in Brazil, a company that operates in the Elementary Education system through Teaching Systems, in the franchised English courses and in the College Education with a catalogue of textbooks. Since 2012, Giovanni has been CEO of Grupo Multi, a company in the Language Franchise segment. With the full acquisition of Grupo Multi by Pearson in 2013, he was nominated CEO of Pearson in Brazil. He was also CEO of Allis from 2009 to 2012, a company operating in the HR Service and Sales Point Promotor area. Between 2006 and 2008, he was CEO of Terna Part., an electrical transmission company where he had worked since 2002, which he took public on the BOVESPA in October 2006. From 1996 to 2001, he worked as a Project Finance executive at the IDB in Washington. He graduated in Business and Economics from Universita Bocconi in Milan, with a Ph.D. in Finance and Business Economics from the American University in Washington and is currently a student in the Owner and President Management (OPM) Program at the Harvard Business School.
Research Interest
Business Management
